MID-SUMMER REPORT – NBA’s ATLANTIC DIVISION
The NBA Draft is done, and free agency’s nearly behind us. How does the Toronto Raptors’ roster stack up compared to their rivals in the Atlantic Division? The quickest route to the playoffs is being a Division “champion”. Keeping tabs on these squads, all of whom we have to play four times, offers insight on our team’s chances. Here’s my early guess of the Division standings after 82 games wrap up in spring, 2016. Of course, “black swans” like trades or injuries could upset all these predictions, but we’ve got to try.